The spaces along the axon and between the myelin sheath are known as the nodes of Ranvier. They are responsible for speeding up the signals that are transmitted along the axon of the nerve. While the myelin sheath consists of many layers that protect the axon, the nodes of Ranvier are uncovered, giving them the ability to produce an electrical charge.
Nodes of Ranvier - band - ended in 2007.
Nodes of Ranvier - band - was created in 2000.
Remember that the Schwann cells are made of myelin sheath which insulate the impulse, but also block the sodium ion/potassium ion channels. Therefore there has to be a point where the action potential 'jumps' to, and these are the gaps between the Schwann cells, they are called the Nodes of Ranvier.
In the fatty myelin sheath there are gaps between the axons. The myelin sheath gaps are referred to as the nodes of Ranvier.
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no, most gated mandiable channels are concentrated at the nodes of ranvier of myelinated axons.
nodes (:I do not disagree with that answer, but I just want to point out that the nodes have a special name. They are called Nodes of Ranvier, named after the man that discovered them (so Ranvier is capitalized). C:
The nodes are more permeable to ions
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